Radiator



Aug. 2 4, 1926. 1,597,082

DE wlTT T. LYON RADIATOR Filed sept. 19, 1924 A TTORNE YS Patented Aug. 24, `1926.

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Application filed September other so-as to provide a vradiator otti-ttee-n or more sections,'it\is impossible to admit sutiicient steam to lreep all of the sections warm. It certain ot' the sections are yprovided with auxiliary steam inlets so as to permit additional steam pipes toconvey steam to the radiator, I have found that the entire length ot radiator may he kept suiiiciently'warm. Since all .ot the steam condenses betore it is conveyed away hy the outlet pipe, the same size outlet pipe is large'- enough to convey away the additional steam that is conveyed to the radiator by the auxiliary steam inlet pipe.

An object of my invention is to provide a radiator which is huilt up ot a number ot sections so that the radiator may he made long as needed and in which certain of the sections are provided with headers that have vauxiliary steam inlet openings whereby live steam may be admitted at various points along the entire length of the radiator.

A further object ot my invention is to provide a radiator which is simple in construction and in which the headers are shaped so as to interlock, and thus provide a contiguous bottom portion and top portion for the radiator.

Other objects and advantages will appearr in the following specilication, and the novel features ot the invention will he particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the acconipanying drawings forming a part of this application j in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view ot the device,

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic side elevation ot the device,

Figure 5 is a top plan view of one of the headers provided with an extra steam inlet opening,

Figure 4 is a side elevation ot Figure 3,'

'wf-1924. Serial No. 738,625.

Figure 3 that the top header l'isprovided with recesses 2, and projections 3. Each ot .the `headers is provided with the saine inuniher oic recesses and projections, whereby the headersare adapted to interlock ,with eachother so as to provide a contiguous ntop to the radiator. In Figure ,2 )I .have shown thertop header 1 ot one ofthe vsections Aasheing in communication with the bottoni header 4loymea'ns ot steam pi-pes. Figure 4 cleariy .hows howthe pipes 5 are lsecured tolthe header .1. j j

lMost ot the sections .have headers v.which are providedl with only one steam inlet opening 6. In Figures 1 and 2 it will be noted that at predetermined intervals a section having a special header'is provided,

this header having two steam inlet openings 7 and 8. The openings 7 andB are incommunication with a compartment 9 which in turn conveys the `steam to the pipes 5.

From the foregoing description ot the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In operation the sections are assembled in the manner shown in Figure 2 and the sections having additional steam inlet pipes are spaced at predetermined points along the entire length ofV the radiator. In Figure 1, I have shown the special sections as being spaced every fifth or sixth place along the line ot the radiator. A steam inlet pipe 10 composed ot sections is connected to the inlet openings 6 and sections 1. The pipe sections are screwed into the inlet openings as shown in Figure 2 at 6. The sections which have the openings 8 have steam inlet pipes 12 in com munication therewith. `It desired, the pipe 12 may he connected to each side ofthe projections 18 which have the openings 7 and 8 therein. In this wayy twice the amount of live steam may he admitted to .the projection 13 as may he admitted if only one pipel 12 was in communication with the projection 13. The steam iiows through the pipes into the top headers 1, then through the pipes 5 and into Athe lower ieaders 4. The steam at this point condenses, and the water then flows through the outlet pipe 14.

YAs shown in Figure 4 the openings 7 and 8 are disposed adjacent to the rear side ot the radiator, whereby ail of the connections and piping'may be disposed at the 7 in certain of the Cil rear of the radiator and therefore be hidden from view. rlhe 'front ot the radiator will therefore resemble a continuous series of' unbroken sections and will closely resemble the standard radiators now on the market. The device is extremely simple in construction, and provides a novel means of making a radiator of' any desired length and supplying this radiator with the required amount of steam to heat it.

I claim:

l. A radiator comprising a plurality of sections adapted to resemble a continuous radiator when assembled, each section having a steam inlet and a steam outletopening therein7 certain ot said sections being provided with auxiliary steam inlet openings, whereby additional steam may be admitted to the radiator at various points along the length ot' the radiator.

2. A radiator comprising a plurality of sections each section having an upper` and lower header with an inlet and an outlet opening therein, said headers providing a radiator with a contiguous upper and lower 25 portion, certain o2 said sections having auxiliary inlet openings, steam pipes in communication with said sections and with said auxiliary openings, whereby additional steam is admitted at various points along the length of the radiator.

3. A radiator comprising a plurality ot sections, each section having an upper and lower header with an inlet and an outlet opening therein, pipes placing said upper and lower' headers in communication with each other, said headers providing` a radiator with a contiguous upperpand lower portiona certain ot said sections having auxiliary inlet openings, steam pipes in communication with said sections and with said auxiliary openings, whereby steam is admitted at various points along the length of the radiator.

DE VTT TAYLOR LYON. 

